Luke was a doctor. A Greek. The only Gentile writer in the New Testament, and the only Gospel writer who gives us the full trilogy of lost-and-found parables.

In this letter

- Luke the man — physician, Gentile, companion of Paul (Col 4:14, 2 Tim 4:11, Phlm 24)

- The literary care of Luke's Gospel — preface, eyewitnesses, an orderly account

- Theophilus and Luke's intended audience

- Luke's particular concerns — outsiders, the poor, women, Samaritans, tax collectors

- Why all three parables only exist together in Luke

- The setting of Luke 15 — Jesus at the table with tax collectors and sinners

Scripture

- Colossians 4:14

- 2 Timothy 4:11

- Philemon 24

- Luke 1:1-4

- Luke 15:1-3

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